Quotes from the wisest man to ever live: Proverbs 4:25 Let your eyes look straight ahead; fix your gaze directly before you.” Wisdom says to not even look in the first place. Proverbs 5:3 “For the lips of an immoral woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil 4 but in the end, she is bitter as gall, sharp as a double-edged sword.” Consider praying: “Father, help me to understand the bitterness that looking with lust causes.” 5 Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave.” Porn kills joy. 8 Keep to a path far from her, do not go near the door of her house.” Consider saying: I am seeking joy and pleasure from Almighty God. I will always be making a plan to not even go near to lust. Proverbs 6:25 ESV Do not desire her beauty in your heart, and do not let her capture you with her eyelashes.” I developed a habit of rejecting all actresses who are not modestly dressed. Consider praying: “Father, show me the destruction that “she” will cause me.” If this is an issue for you, consider memorizing Proverbs 6:25. Proverbs 4:23 ESV Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life. I am adding the above verse to the verses I meditate on daily.
Technically, Jesus was the wisest man to ever live. But Solomon was empowered by the same Spirit! Proverbs 4:23 is one of my all-time faves.
Psalm 51 is one of my favorites, particularly verses 10 - 12 Create in me a clean heart, O God, and put a new and right spirit within me. 11 Cast me not away from thy presence, and take not thy holy Spirit from me. 12 Restore to me the joy of thy salvation, and uphold me with a willing spirit.
Psalm 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; 24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.” We all want to quit what is destroying us, but... we are not quite as excited about checking, “If there is any wicked way in us.” Sin leads to sin. So if we want to quit P, but still keep killing people, our sin of killing people will lead to a huge increase in temptation for P. Today consider doing a moral inventory. Consider praying: “Father, show me the wicked ways that I need to change.” Second, wicked ways lead to anxiety, anger, and other emotional issues. Consider setting a personal goal of getting the anxiety (Or some other emotion) out. Third, now you know that sin and P lead to anxiety or _______. Now you know what you need to do to get that emotion more under control (Go to war with sin). Now you know the answer to the question: Is God's way best? Fourth, consider praying over the above verse for 10 minutes, or for as long as it takes. Finally, when David (who wrote the above verse) ignored his wicked ways, terrible things happened that stayed with him for years. After he got back to fighting his “Wicked ways” he became the great man who helped all of us, and who found his joy again. Today, consider praying over the above verse. Fight. Win.
